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(Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Balkans Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft 23 93-117 Rankweil, 29. Februar 2016 The Clausiliidae subfamily Phaedusinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the Balkans. ALEXANDER REISCHÜTZ, PETER L. REISCHÜTZ & MIKLÓS SZEKERES, Horn - Szeged.- Summary This overview assesses the taxonomic information and occurrence data that are currently available on Balkan species of the Clausiliidae subfamily Phaedusinae, and provides descriptions of the new taxa Sciocochlea cryptica harli nov. subspec., Tsoukatosia argolica nov. spec., Tsoukatosia nicoleae nov. spec., and Tsoukatosia pallgergelyi nov. spec. from Albania and Greece. Zusammenfassung Diese Arbeit soll die derzeit vorhandenen taxonomischen Informationen und Verbreitungsdaten der auf der Balkanhalbinsel vorkommenden Vertreter der Unterfamilie Phaedusinae in der Familie der Clausiliidae zusammenfassen. Die neuen Taxa Sciocochlea cryptica harli nov. subspec., Tsoukatosia argolica nov. spec., Tsoukatosia nicoleae nov. spec. und Tsoukatosia pallgergelyi nov. spec. werden aus Albanien und Griechenland beschrieben. Introduction Phaedusinae is the widest distributed among the subfamilies of the Clausiliidae, occurring from East and South Asia to Southern and Eastern Europe. In Central Asia its range is interrupted by a gap of 1700 km between Kashmir and the eastern foothills of the Alborz Mountains. In Europe members of the subfamily appeared in the Middle Eocene, and then thrived during most of the Neogene Era (NORDSIECK 2000). But, with the exception of the Mediterranean region, their diversity and presence abruptly decreased with the cooling of the climate toward the end of the Pliocene (NORDSIECK 2013). The latest Phaedusinae fossils in Europe date to the Early Pleistocene (NORDSIECK 2000). By now extant species of the subfamily can only be found sporadically in the Balkan Peninsula and the southern part of Eastern Europe (Figures 1 and 2). Balkan Phaedusinae occur in the isolated western realm of the subfamily, which extends from the mountainous southern coast of the Caspian Sea to the Northeastern Carpathians. The number of species in this part of the range is much fewer than in the larger eastern part, but they show considerably higher morphological and molecular diversity (NORDSIECK 1978a; UIT DE WEERD & GITTENBERGER 2013). These clausiliids, which are represented by five genera in the Balkans, are seen as Tertiary relicts (NORDSIECK 1978a) that survived the cooling of the climate by adapting to protective habitats. From the 1920s, based on their shell and genital morphology, they were classified as members of the Phaedusinae (LINDHOLM 1924; EHRMANN 1927; WENZ & ZILCH 1959; LIKHAREV 1962). NORDSIECK (1972) adopted the view of WENZ & ZILCH (1959) to regard this group a tribe (Serrulinini), but pointed out that the genital morphology of this so-called Serrulina group does not show any characteristic that could justify its separation from the Phaedusinae as a distinct subfamily (NORDSIECK 1973). Later, following up on an idea from EHRMANN (1927), he proposed distinguishing this group as Serrulininae, an independent subfamily (NORDSIECK 1978b). Despite some reservations (e.g. NÉMETH & SZEKERES 1995), this notion became widely accepted. However, a recent molecular phylogenetic analysis found that the Caucasian and Balkan genera are closely related to those of East Asia, supporting their classification within the Phaedusinae. Furthermore, this study also revealed that the genera of the Caucasus and the Balkans do not 93 even constitute a monophyletic group of the subfamily (UIT DE WEERD & GITTENBERGER 2013). Figure 1: Distribution of the Balkan Phaedusinae: Serrulina serrulata data in the eastern Black Sea and Caucasus regions are not shown. Except for two wide-spread species, all other Balkan Phaedusinae are highly endemic and confined to subterranean habitats. Shells of these are typically discovered in debris washed to the surface through the openings of deep karst crevices. Due to the difficulties of finding such sites and obtaining the shell material, the studying of these fascinating clausiliids took a late start. Their first representative had been described at the beginning of the 20th century (STURANY 1904), and this was followed by the second only in the early 1980s (RÄHLE 1982). Thereafter increased interest in subterranean snails resulted in the description of three additional species by 2000 (SUBAI 1993; SUBAI & SZEKERES 1999; GITTENBERGER 2000), which were then followed by further five to this date (A. & P. L. REISCHÜTZ 2004, 2009, 2014; HUNYADI & SZEKERES 2009; A., N. & P. L. REISCHÜTZ 2012). These findings greatly increased our knowledge of the Phaedusinae of the Balkans, but they also made clear that a substantial part of this fauna still needs to be discovered. This paper provides an assessment of the currently available information on this group and describes new taxa from Albania and Greece. The shell material used in this study is in the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (HNHM), Muzeul de Istorie Naturală - Kimakowicz collection, Sibiu (MINS-Km), Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden (NNM), Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NHMW), and Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), as well as the private collections of A. and P. L. Reischütz, Horn (RE) and M. Szekeres, Szeged (SZ). 94 Figure 2: Localities of the Graecophaedusa, Sciocochlea and Tsoukatosia species. Taxonomic part Serrulina MOUSSON 1873 Type species: Clausilia sieversi PFEIFFER 1871 Diagnosis: The spindle-shaped shell has gradually tapering, pointed apex. The peristome is serrate, at least at its columellar margin. The lamella inferior starts less deep than the spiralis and ends marginally, at the lower third of the aperture. The lamella subcolumellaris is interrupted near its lower end. It also terminates at the peristome margin just below the inferior, often separated from that by a strong plica. Along the lamella spiralis a lamella inserta is present. The short upper and lower palatal plicae at the dorsolateral to lateral side are connected by a weak lunella. The deltoidal clausilium plate with a blunt, backward-bent tip is widest at its middle. The genital system (NORDSIECK 1973 and 1978a) is characterized by an epiphallus having much longer proximal than distal part, elongate penis with broadly attached retractor, and a diverticulum that is longer than the bursa copulatrix plus its distal pedunculus. Distribution: The geographic range of the genus extends from the northeastern Alborz Mts. of Iran in the east to the Ukrainian Carpathians in the west. Most of the occurrences are known 95 from the Caucasus and regions along the southern coastlines of the Caspian and Black Seas (LIKHAREV 1962; NORDSIECK 1995). The localities in the western part of the distribution area are shown in Figure 1. Habitat: Serrulina species prefer undisturbed forests, where they live in moist, decaying tree trunks under the bark and even deep in the texture of the wood. Remarks: Serrulina has been erected by MOUSSON (1873) for Clausilia sieversi. In addition to this species the genus includes only Serrulina serrulata (PFEIFFER 1847). Serrulina serrulata (PFEIFFER 1847) (Figure 3a) Synonymy: Clausilia erivanensis ISSEL 1866 Diagnosis: This species is larger and has stronger sculpture than Serrulina sieversi. Its peristome margin is usually strongly serrate on both sides, and the palatal plicae are more lateral than in the type species of the genus. The genital organs are described and figured in URBASKI (1960). Dimensions: Hs (shell height) 11.0-16.5 mm, Ws (shell width) 2.6-3.7 mm, Ha (aperture height) 2.3-3.4 mm, Wa (aperture width) 1.9-2.6 mm. Type material: There is no known type material of Serrulina serrulata (SYSOEV & SCHILEYKO 2009). Locus typicus: "Tauris" (PFEIFFER 1847). Distribution: The species is widely distributed in the Caucasus, the coastal areas of northern Anatolia, and toward the northwest it has isolated European occurrences as far as the Ukrainian Carpathians (PÁLL-GERGELY & ROIBU 2011). Here only its Balkan localities are listed. In Romania: Mănăstirea Cocoş near Niculiţel, W of Tulcea (GROSSU 1981). In Bulgaria: forest of the Longoza Reserve NE of Dolni Chiflik, along the Kamchia (URBASKI 1960); Stara Planina, near Tvârdica (NORDSIECK 1978a); E shore of Lake Vaya at Burgas (URBASKI 1960); Arkutino Swamp at the mouth of the Ropotamo, SE of Burgas (URBASKI 1960); forest along the right bank of the Ropotamo 3 km upstream of the mouth (URBASKI 1960); Strandzha Mts., at the headwaters of the Ropotamo near Novo Panicharevo (leg. H. Gyurkovics & M. Szekeres); Strandzha Mts., 3 km W of Kondolovo along the Michurin (= Tsarevo) to Malko Târnovo road (ERŐSS & FEHÉR 2001); Strandzha Mts., 2.3 km toward Stoilovo from the Zvezdec to Malko Târnovo road (leg. L. Németh). In Turkey: Yıldız Mts. near Demirköy (leg. H. Gyurkovics). Remarks: Tauris (= Crimea), the locus typicus (PFEIFFER 1847), is apparently an erroneous record as the species does not occur there. It seems possible that PFEIFFER's description, like those of several other Caucasian species (see: RETOWSKI 1887), originated from flotsam deposited by the Black Sea (SYSOEV & SCHILEYKO 2009). Most Bulgarian occurrences of Serrulina serrulata are known from the region around the Strandzha Mts. (called Yıldız Mts. in Turkey). Apart from these and the site near Dolni Chiflik there is only one more, vaguely defined and yet unconfirmed record from the Plovdiv area (HESSE 1913) which, therefore, is not shown
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